Almond Milk

In our house cows milk is a bad word J can not tolerate it so we drink a lot of Almond and Rice milk (recipe to come) this recipe is for plain Jane Almond milk but you can always add vanilla and agave or maple syrup.  Almond milk takes a little time but it is rather simple.

Things you will need:

Small bowl

Large bowl

1-1/4 cups of Almonds

3 cups of water

a blender
spatula

a strainer/sieve

cheese cloth

Air tight container 

Place 1 and 1/4 cups of almonds in a small bowl

Cover almonds with water, just enough so that none of the almonds are sticking out of the water.

Place a lid on then and let it sit for 3 hours at room temperature then move them to your fridge for at least 4 hours to over night.

The almonds should resemble this and should be sticking out of the water

Pour your almonds and almond water in to blender some people dump this water out and use fresh but why waist all those nutrients

blend until it makes a chunky paste it took my blender about 6 minutes on medium speed to get to this point.

Add your water 1 cup at a time and blend for 2 minutes after each addition

Place cheese cloth over sieve I folded 2 pieces in half so that there were 4 layers.

After all your water has been added your almond milk should look similar to this

Pour your almond milk slurry in to the cheese cloth use a spatula to help push the liquid through

After you have finished pouring your slurry in to the cheese cloth gather sides and squeeze all the liquid you can from the almonds

And Keep Squeezing

Once done squeezing and straining place in an air tight container and will last in the fridge for 3 to 5 days mine never makes it past 2 days. If you are using it for baking there is no need to add any thing to the milk I also like to drink it plain, However warming it up with a little agave some cinnamon and nutmeg and its a tasty treat :)

More to come

Kristin